scabrous
having a rough surface because of minute points or projections.
indecent or scandalous; risqué; obscene: scabrous books.
full of difficulties.
Origin of scabrous
1Other words for scabrous
Other words from scabrous
- scab·rous·ly, adverb
- scab·rous·ness, noun
- un·scab·rous, adjective
- un·scab·rous·ly, adverb
- un·scab·rous·ness, noun
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How to use scabrous in a sentence
From Romantic squish to scabrous satirist to rebel wrangler to, finally, Ambassador of Goodwill.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLucretius is scabrous and rough in these; he seeks them: as some do Chaucerisms with us, which were better expunged and banished.
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter | Ben JonsonThe spores are rounded, and rough (scabrous) on the surface.
An Elementary Text-book of the Microscope | John William GriffithWhereupon Khalid, who was then in the first of his teens, takes a big scabrous rock and sends it flying against that door.
The Book of Khalid | Ameen RihaniThen we incontinently proceed to stone him to death with scabrous adjectives!
Iconoclasts | James Huneker
Blades long, dark green, succulent and scabrous: ridges numerous and flat above, but distinct (Fig. 9).
Grasses | H. Marshall Ward
British Dictionary definitions for scabrous
/ (ˈskeɪbrəs) /
roughened because of small projections; scaly
indelicate, indecent, or salacious: scabrous humour
difficult to deal with; knotty
Origin of scabrous
1Derived forms of scabrous
- scabrously, adverb
- scabrousness, noun
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